Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport

27K · Kentucky, United States

Climate Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport (K27K) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.1 42 51 67 50 55
February 64.4 79 86 66 49 58
March 76.9 56 76 87 89 69
April 81.8 94 85 89 80
May 81.6 85 100 84 77
June 83.4 83 100 86 85
July 79.8 94 61 62 89
August 65.9 96 93 17 85
September 75.2 85 92 84 40
October 77.4 79 95 72 68
November 79.3 84 73 89 77
December 64.9 66 57 64 63
Average 73.1 60.8 76.4 78.2 69.7 71.5

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.3 74 81 88 82 86
February 84.0 97 97 89 75 75
March 90.9 77 90 98 97 90
April 92.4 98 95 95 91
May 92.6 96 100 95 91
June 94.3 98 100 95 97
July 88.2 100 64 74 96
August 70.9 98 100 18 92
September 80.9 93 99 91 47
October 91.2 93 99 90 86
November 92.9 97 90 96 93
December 86.8 88 75 93 84
Average 87.8 84.5 91.9 91.7 82.7 86.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.1 3 8 3 4 8
February 8.9 12 13 9 3 7
March 13.2 13 12 14 15 15
April 16.2 16 14 18 16
May 22.2 20 21 22 21
June 26.4 24 26 27 28
July 28.5 27 27 28 31
August 27.3 26 25 29 28
September 25.0 23 22 25 24
October 19.6 20 19 21 18
November 12.1 13 13 11 15
December 8.4 10 8 13 7
Average 15.1 9.1 17.3 17.0 18.0 18.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.5 -3 1 -5 -2 0
February -1.3 1 1 -2 -5 -1
March 3.4 7 3 3 3 5
April 6.8 10 9 6 5
May 14.6 17 20 10 11
June 18.7 22 24 17 16
July 21.4 26 27 18 19
August 19.8 23 23 19 17
September 15.3 16 18 14 14
October 8.0 9 5 11 8
November 1.6 2 3 1 4
December -1.8 1 0 2 -2
Average 6.4 1.1 10.8 10.7 7.8 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
February 7.5 7 9 8 6 7
March 8.1 6 8 9 8 8
April 6.9 7 7 7 6
May 5.1 5 5 5 3
June 4.7 5 4 5 4
July 3.5 4 4 4 2
August 3.3 4 4 4 2
September 3.9 4 7 5 2
October 5.8 6 7 5 5
November 6.5 6 7 6 7
December 6.8 6 6 8 7
Average 6.3 6.9 6.7 7.1 5.7 4.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 244° 230° 264° 243° 225°
February 234° 227° 224° 288° 236°
March 232° 250° 231° 227° 237°
April 251° 225° 236° 254°
May 050° 180° 224° 230°
June 279° 274° 206° 227°
July 248° 278° 251° 246°
August 274° 238° 212° 244°
September 060° 013° 233° 277°
October 250° 228° 223° 227°
November 224° 227° 228° 228°
December 218° 224° 216° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.